sustainable development
The Swiss study area comprises the canton Valais (fr) resp. Wallis (ge), situated in the south-west of Switzerland in the western central alps. The Valais is the third largest canton of total 26 cantons of Switzerland and covers 5,225 km2 (13% of Switzerland). It extends up to Italy (200 km), France (90 km) and 4 other Swiss cantons (228 km). Almost the whole area belongs to the basin of river...
At a time when forest issues have become a central subject of heated debate in the face of pressing environmental ills, community forestry has become an important strategy. As a result of disillusionment with the performance of the state as a resource manager, community forestry seeks to reinforce the use of forests and their trees for local rural development, based on self-management of the...
The paper is the outcome of the presentations and discussions that took place during the ISDEMA Thessaloniki Seminar. The seminar and paper are the intermediate results of the project 'Innovative Structures for the Sustainable Development of Mountainous Areas - ISDEMA' co-financed by the EU.
In its Communication on a forestry strategy for the European Union, the Commission declares that "the overall objective of the EU forestry strategy should be to strengthen sustainable forest development and management as stated in the "Forest Principles" adopted by the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development and as defined in the resolutions adopted at the pan-...
The important gathering of Mountain Women in Thimphu marks the beginning of the closing of the International Year of Mountains 2002. A month after, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, one of the most mountainous countries in the world will host the great international meeting for the closing of this year of celebrations.
During 2002, mountain-related issues have been the focus...
Integrating activities for conservation and development through people's participation and collaboration among different institutional and social actors is being increasingly recognized as the most promising approach to sustainable natural resource management. This document describes and discusses the experience in this area of the Inter-regional Project for Participatory Upland Conservation...
The European NGO Consultation on Sustainable Mountain Development was carried out by the Regional Agency for the Environment of Midi-Pyrenees, France (ARPE) in collaboration with the International Associated Council for the Protection of the Pyrenees (CIAPP), in the framework of the follow up of chapter 13 of Agenda 21.
The paper summarizes the results of the inquiry by the means...
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